Conflicts Analyst Political Science

Alexsis R. Conway

EDUCATION

Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Philadelphia, PA

Juris Doctor, December 2022

Towson University, Towson, MD

Bachelor of Science in Political Science, May 2017 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Williams and Connolly LLP – Remote 04/23 – 03/24

Conflicts Analyst

• Directly communicated with Conflict Attorneys, analyzing conflict check inquiries for Firm-wide new business and conflicts of interest.

• Prepared and obtained conflict waivers.

• Assisted with establishing and monitoring ethical screens.

• Monitored and reviewed new intake forms with an understanding of transactional and litigation matters ensuring submitted party information was correct and complete.

• Gathered information from internal and external databases and from attorneys involved to conduct factual research on prospective clients or involved parties and to determine the status of relevant matters to establish whether a conflict of interest exists and provide related risk assessment accordingly.

• Respond to inquiries regarding conflicts and other engagement risk issues; communicate findings to Partners and conflict attorneys with accuracy, confidence, and professionalism; clear matters for particular practice groups should conflict issues require resolution.

• Ascertained the nature of an entity's role in a particular matter; researched the corporate history of clients and parties affiliated with new client work.

• Reviewed client engagement letters, and new matter requests and conferred with Firm attorneys to determine whether conflicts of interest exist with respect to prospective representations.

• Processed revisions of client and matter records; ensured database entries are updated with appropriate and valid information.

• Worked closely with staff members in the department, as well as lawyers, paralegals, secretaries, and other levels of management.

• Assist with other duties related to the resolution and clearance of the conflicts of interest issues; perform projects and other duties as assigned.

Perkins Coie, Robert Half – (Contract) – Remote 12/22 – 03/23 Conflicts Analyst

• Provided overall quality control on new business requests to ensure data submitted was accurate and error-free.

• Incorporated information from emails, comments, and phone, to ensure data is complete.

• Performed corporate research on new clients and related parties.

• Ran conflicts on new business requests and prepared reports and summaries of results for Conflicts Attorney and Department Manager review. Perform analysis on search results as directed.

• Assisted with resolution of conflict-of-interest issues as directed. Louis B. Himmelstein & Associates - Philadelphia, PA 09/21 – 02/22 Law Clerk

• Managed client’s contact and documentation through internal client management software.

• Drafted supporting documents including interrogatories and motions for pending litigation.

• Conducted legal research and analysis.

• Attended client interviews and depositions.

Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office - Philadelphia, PA 06/20 – 08/20 1L Summer Intern

• Drafted reply to briefs for the current case log.

• Participated in daily programming and ADA interviews.

• Participated in a moot court competition.

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